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Menus made easy, or, How to order dinner and give the dishes their French names

1894

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Presented as published in 1894. Historical recipes may not meet modern food-safety standards. Cook from the modern interpretation, not the original instructions.
or with a compote of prunes, a I'Algeriemie. Fricassee de mouton au riz is a white fricassee of mutton with rice. Pilau de mouton a la Turque is a mutton pilau. Small pieces dressed with savoury rice cooked with spice, saffron, raisins, etc. Croustade a la Turque is a baked shape of rice, filled with a preparation of minced mutton. The same preparation is served in little balls of rice as Ballettes a la Turque; or in little patties made of semolina as Petites croustadcs a la semoule. Petites croustades a la Menagere are pastry cases filled with mince, with poached eggs on the top. Cassolettes a VIrlandaise are little patty shapes of mashed potato, filled with mince. Chartreuse aux epinards is a mould of spinach, ENTREES. 69 filled with minced or pounded mutton and brown sauce. Sabotages a I'Indienne are made of pounded mutton, curried, steamed in little moulds, and served with a curry sauce. Kabobs a I'Indienne are little pieces of curried mutton put on skewers with button onions and slices of tomatoes ; served with rice, and curry sauce. Pate a la Romaine is a baked mould of macaroni filled with layers of mince and macaroni. Pctits pates de mouton a la Windsor are small covered patties filled with minced mutton, brown sauce, chopped mushrooms, etc. Petits pates de Cornouailles are Cornish pasties. Kidneys dressed as — Rognons de mouton a Vepicurienne are cut open, breadcrumbed and broiled, and the hollows filled with Tartare sauce; served with devil sauce, a la brochette are dressed in the same way, the hollow of the kidneys filled with a lump of Maitre d'hotel butter. a la Venitienne — cut in halves, fried in butter with chopped shallots, and dressed on a border ; brown sauce with anchovy butter, etc. an vin de Champagne. Thin slices served in a white sauce with champagne, or other white wine, and mushrooms. en ragout. Thin slices cooked hi butter, with wine, flour, chopped mushrooms, shallot, etc. 70 MENUS MADE EASY. Rognons de wwuton sautes aux epinards. Slices saute, and served with dressed spinach. Served on a border of spinach with a rich brown sauce, they are a la Princesse. They are also dressed a la Dufferin — with brown caper sauce and fried potatoes ; a la Milanaise — with macaroni ; a la Maitre d'hotel — with Maitre d'hotel sauce. Petits pates, or bouchees, aux rognons are slices in white sauce put into little patties. Sheep's Tongues are served as — Langues de mouton braisees — larded, braised, and served in the sauce with capers. an parmesan — braised, and served in a cheese sauce. a V Alleinande — braised, and served with a com- pote of pears and brown sauce. en ragout — stewed. Served with Brussels sprouts, they are a la Bruxellaise ; or with currant sauce, a la Bohemienne. Cervelles de mouton en caisses are Sheep's Brains cut in small pieces, with Bechamel sauce, baked in little souffle cases, the tops sprinkled with breadcrumbs. Queues de mouton au riz are braised Sheep's Tails, coated with rice, breadcrumbed and fried. They are also served au Parmesan, omitting the rice, and mixing grated Parmesan with the breadcrumbs. Sheep's Trotters, though rarely seen at a gentle- man's table in England, are much more often ENTRIES. 71 served in France. Boiled and cut in pieces, they are dressed as — Pieds de mouton en marinade — soaked in marinade,